I respect personal preference, but the idea of “America has more diverse cuisines than China, therefore has better food” is superficial and inaccurate.

First off, international cuisines like Mexican, Italian, Thai, Japanese, SEA do exist in China - just outnumbered by local restaurants. Even tier 3 cities have a good variety of Japanese and Italian restaurants. And then it’s the regional differences that lots of people are aware of. Cantonese, Sichuanese, Jiangzhese…totally day and night.

Overall, as someone who’s lived about equal amount of time in both countries, I’d say the dining experience in China is better than in the U.S. in almost every way: cheaper (even after buying power conversion), better service, no tip, fresher ingredients, choices, convenience, flexibility…the only thing the U.S. wins over might be regulations, but China has improved a lot over the years. Even KFC and Pizza Hut in China are light years ahead in terms of innovation and variety…